Cochlear implants (CI) allow deaf patients to improve language perception and improving their emotional valence assessment. Electroencephalographic (EEG) measures were employed so far to improve CI programming reliability and to evaluate listening effort in auditory tasks, which are particularly useful in conditions when subjective evaluations are scarcely appliable or reliable. Unfortunately, the presence of CI on the scalp introduces an electrical artifact coupled to EEG signals that masks physiological features recorded by electrodes close to the site of implant. Currently, methods for CI artifact removal have been developed for very specific EEG montages or protocols, while others require many scalp electrodes. In this study, we propose a method based on the Multi-channel Wiener filter (MWF) to overcome those shortcomings. Nine children with unilateral CI and nine age-matched normal hearing children (control) participated in the study. EEG data were acquired on a relatively low number of electrodes (n = 16) during resting condition and during an auditory task. The obtained results obtained allowed to characterize CI artifact on the affected electrode and to significantly reduce, if not remove it through MWF filtering. Moreover, the results indicate, by comparing the two sample populations, that the EEG data loss is minimal in CI users after filtering, and that data maintain EEG physiological characteristics.

Characterization of Cochlear Implant Artifact and Removal Based on Multi-Channel Wiener Filter in Unilateral Child Patients / Rossi, Dario; Cartocci, Giulia; Inguscio, Bianca M S; Capitolino, Giulia; Borghini, Gianluca; Di Flumeri, Gianluca; Ronca, Vincenzo; Giorgi, Andrea; Vozzi, Alessia; Capotorto, Rossella; Babiloni, Fabio; Scorpecci, Alessandro; Giannantonio, Sara; Marsella, Pasquale; Leone, Carlo Antonio; Grassia, Rosa; Galletti, Francesco; Ciodaro, Francesco; Galletti, Cosimo; Aricò, Pietro. - In: BIOENGINEERING. - ISSN 2306-5354. - 11:8(2024). [10.3390/bioengineering11080753]

Characterization of Cochlear Implant Artifact and Removal Based on Multi-Channel Wiener Filter in Unilateral Child Patients

Rossi, Dario
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Cartocci, Giulia;Inguscio, Bianca M S;Borghini, Gianluca;Di Flumeri, Gianluca;Ronca, Vincenzo;Giorgi, Andrea;Vozzi, Alessia;Capotorto, Rossella;Babiloni, Fabio;Aricò, Pietro
2024

Abstract

Cochlear implants (CI) allow deaf patients to improve language perception and improving their emotional valence assessment. Electroencephalographic (EEG) measures were employed so far to improve CI programming reliability and to evaluate listening effort in auditory tasks, which are particularly useful in conditions when subjective evaluations are scarcely appliable or reliable. Unfortunately, the presence of CI on the scalp introduces an electrical artifact coupled to EEG signals that masks physiological features recorded by electrodes close to the site of implant. Currently, methods for CI artifact removal have been developed for very specific EEG montages or protocols, while others require many scalp electrodes. In this study, we propose a method based on the Multi-channel Wiener filter (MWF) to overcome those shortcomings. Nine children with unilateral CI and nine age-matched normal hearing children (control) participated in the study. EEG data were acquired on a relatively low number of electrodes (n = 16) during resting condition and during an auditory task. The obtained results obtained allowed to characterize CI artifact on the affected electrode and to significantly reduce, if not remove it through MWF filtering. Moreover, the results indicate, by comparing the two sample populations, that the EEG data loss is minimal in CI users after filtering, and that data maintain EEG physiological characteristics.
2024
EEG; artifact reduction; cochlear implant; cochlear implant artifact; multi-channel Wiener filter (MWF)
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Characterization of Cochlear Implant Artifact and Removal Based on Multi-Channel Wiener Filter in Unilateral Child Patients / Rossi, Dario; Cartocci, Giulia; Inguscio, Bianca M S; Capitolino, Giulia; Borghini, Gianluca; Di Flumeri, Gianluca; Ronca, Vincenzo; Giorgi, Andrea; Vozzi, Alessia; Capotorto, Rossella; Babiloni, Fabio; Scorpecci, Alessandro; Giannantonio, Sara; Marsella, Pasquale; Leone, Carlo Antonio; Grassia, Rosa; Galletti, Francesco; Ciodaro, Francesco; Galletti, Cosimo; Aricò, Pietro. - In: BIOENGINEERING. - ISSN 2306-5354. - 11:8(2024). [10.3390/bioengineering11080753]
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